Countdown to Awakening

"Hurry up and go! Hurry up!" Yingdi stopped Chen Jiade and told Jiang Wen to leave quickly.

If Chen Jiade got into trouble, Jiang Wen would be the one who would suffer. She knew Jiang Wen, he was a scholar and not good at fighting, so he could not compare with Chen Jiade in fighting.

Jiang Wen sighed and left.

As soon as he left the house, he burst into tears. Recalling the time before Yingdi got married, he looked for Yingdi.

"Yingdi, come with me. I will take you to the provincial capital. Even if I have to do hard labor, I will take you there. I will definitely treat you well. I have already bought the tickets to the provincial capital. No one will know us there, we can be free and start our lives anew. Yingdi, I really like you, come with me. As long as we go, no one will talk about us anymore. You don't have to live like this anymore..."

Jiang Wen said a lot, but to his surprise, Yingdi still maintained the same attitude. "Jiang Wen, I'm afraid it won't work. I'm getting married to Chen Jiade soon. We don't have a chance. I can't run away. You should go back."

Jiang Wen was confused. "Are you really not going to come with me? Have you thought it through? You won't be happy if you marry Chen Jiade."

"I've made up my mind. You go back. My mother will be here soon. Go away, go!" Yingdi said as he pushed her out.

Jiang Wen would never believe that Yingdi no longer loved him. Although he still couldn't let go, he still went to Yingdi's wedding.

Although the Chen family didn't like him, he just hid outside the door and took a look at Yingdi inside.

Yingdi could see a forced smile on her face, but it wasn't genuine happiness. How could she be happy marrying a beast?

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Chen Jiade was still furious. He let go of Yingdi's hand, his face becoming increasingly ferocious. He asked Yingdi, "What do you mean? Are you still obsessed with him? I'm warning you, as long as I, Chen Jiade, am here, you can't! Don't you see what he's like? How dare you snatch a woman from me?"

"What are you thinking about every day? How could I still be thinking about Jiang Wen when I've already married you? Can you think more normally? What do you mean he's competing with you for a woman? That was how long ago between us? Do you still remember it?" Yingdi looked at him speechlessly.

He is narrow-minded and domineering!

He kept bringing up the past events between her and Jiang Wen. There were already enough rumors in the village, and he was adding to them. Now that she was married to Chen Jiade, how could she still have any other improper thoughts?

"You don't have it? Doesn't he look down on me? Isn't he saying that I won't cherish you? Yes, only Jiang Wen will. He is so powerful. I said he is still interested in you. You are protecting him now? Don't forget that you are my, Chen Jiade's wife, the daughter-in-law of my Chen family. Why are you thinking about other men? If you continue like this, don't blame others for saying that you are an adulterer!" Chen Jiade became more and more outrageous.

Yingdi looked at him with disbelief in her eyes. "What did you say? You already know I'm the daughter-in-law of the Chen family, so what are you worried about? I can't run away with him, can I? I have three children!"

"Haven't you been wanting to do this for a long time? Didn't I stop you two? I'm warning you, you'd better not teach at that school. If his motives are not pure, you'll bring shame to our Chen family if you go!"

Yingdi glared at him, then turned around, picked up the clothes she had just thrown on the floor, and went back into the house. She knew that no matter what she said, she was not in the right, and there was nothing to talk about with Chen Jiade.

Even if she likes Jiang Wen, so what? She is not married to Jiang Wen.

Yingdi sat on the edge of the bed, folding the clothes she had just brought in. Her thoughts raced back to the day she got married.

She toasted with a forced smile inside the Chen family's house. There were many guests outside, but even so, when she looked up, she met the familiar gaze of the pair outside the door...

It was Jiang Wen sitting at a certain table.

A sudden wave of mixed emotions washed over her. She saw Jiang Wen, and Jiang Wen saw her, but they could do nothing. Ever since the day Yingdi was raped by Chen Jiade, she had been destined to be the daughter-in-law of the Chen family. There was no way she and Jiang Wen could be together.

Later, she became pregnant, and she also heard that Jiang Wen had gone to the provincial capital to find a job. After four years, Jiang Wen returned. It was said that the village chief saw that the original teachers were too old and were ready to retire, so he asked Jiang Wen to return.

When Jiang Wen returned, he brought a couple of his own age with him. The villagers thought Jiang Wen had finally found success, marrying a city girl, and rushed to congratulate them.

She thought so too. After all, after being in the provincial capital for so long, he would definitely meet a woman better than her. It was not surprising that he brought back such a beautiful woman with delicate features.

She also went to see it. The girl was indeed pretty and a good match for him...

I still felt bad when I saw it.

Later, someone asked Jiang Wen when he would marry that woman. Jiang Wen replied that the two of them were just teachers he met in the city and brought back.

After Yingdi found out, he must have mixed feelings...

Before she got married, Jiang Wen approached her and wanted to take her away, but Yingdi felt that she would become a burden to Jiang Wen and would delay him. After all, she was no longer worthy of Jiang Wen.

But unexpectedly, she still delayed Jiang Wen. Four years later, Jiang Wen did not find anyone else.

Even now she still remembers how kind Jiang Wen was to her. Even her parents were not as kind to her as Jiang Wen.

Chen Jiade, still furious, walked into the room and deliberately made a lot of noise. Yingdi ignored him.

"Brother Liu Ying, are you still thinking about Jiang Wen? I advise you to give up on this idea! As long as you are my woman, you will never leave the Chen family!"

"Are you done yet? How many times have you said it? You keep talking about this after getting married. I've told you that it's impossible for him and I, but you still keep talking about it." Yingdi was not polite either.

"You were going to hit him just now? If you hit him, you'd have to pay compensation. He's also a village teacher, and the village school is already short of teachers. If you had hit him..." Before Yingdi could finish her words, Chen Jiade interrupted her: "I don't think so. Are you afraid that I'll hurt your old lover? Humph! Don't think I don't know what you're thinking."

Yingdi: “…”

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Jiang Wen returned to school feeling very unhappy. Qin Zixin, who was standing by, noticed this and asked, "Teacher Jiang, what's wrong with you? Are you still worried about the lack of teachers at school?"

Jiang Wen looked at Teacher Qin, and an idea came to his mind. "Teacher Qin, why don't you go and persuade her? It's always inconvenient for me to go. And you're a female teacher, so you can talk to her. We can communicate well."

Qin Zixin also knew about Jiang Wen and Yingdi's relationship. She agreed readily.

"Okay, I'll go and take a look tomorrow. It's not appropriate tonight, and I don't want to disturb others' rest. If it really doesn't work, then forget it." Teacher Qin also sympathized with Yingdi.

She had come here so that the children here could go to school. She had never expected that the women here were also very pitiful... If it were in their place, such behavior would not be allowed.

"I heard that Yingdi's husband beats her, is that true? We can report it to the Women's Federation in town. It would be better to ask them to come over." After saying this, Teacher Qin looked at Jiang Wen.

"Not anymore. We reported it last time, and things got much better after the Women's Federation came. I don't think Chen Jiade would dare to do anything rash. Pay attention when you go there tomorrow. If we see any injuries on her body, we'll report it again," Jiang Wen said.

It would be a relief to let her come to school to teach.

Teacher Qin nodded.

"Are there three children in your village who have been admitted to university?"

Jiang Wen nodded after listening to this. Thinking back, if he had worked harder, he could have gone to university. If that had been the case, he and Yingdi would have been among the first group of university students.

But Yingdi’s parents didn’t let her finish high school… and he failed the college entrance exam as well.